research-company

name	research-company
description	Comprehensive company research — mission, operations, leadership, products/services deep-dive, and ~5 years of recent news
category	researching
model	claude-sonnet-4-6
effort	high
argument-hint	<company name> [URL]
disable-model-invocation	false
user-invocable	true

Research Company

Perform comprehensive research on a company using web search and news sources. Write findings as structured markdown files under raw/companies/<slug>/.

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Company: $ARGUMENTS

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Phase 1: Parse Input

Extract from $ARGUMENTS:

• Company name — canonical name to use in searches
• URL (if provided) — use as a primary source for official information
• Research focus (if any) — e.g. "focus on engineering culture" or "hiring context"

Derive a slug from the company name: lowercase, spaces → hyphens, no special characters (e.g. "Acme Corp" → acme-corp).

The output directory is: raw/companies/<slug>/

If a URL was provided, fetch it first via WebFetch to extract mission, products, and leadership directly from the source.

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Phase 2: Core Company Profile

NOTE: Brave Search supports up to 50 requests per second — parallel searches are allowed.

Search sequentially for each of the following. Use the company name (and domain if known) in queries.

2a. Mission & Overview

• Query: "<company name>" mission vision what does <company> do
• Extract: founding year, HQ, employee count, mission statement, core value proposition

2b. Products & Services

• Query: "<company name>" products services offerings 2024 2026
• Extract: product lines, key features, target customers/market, pricing model if public

2c. Business Model & Market Position

• Query: "<company name>" business model revenue customers market
• Extract: revenue model (SaaS/marketplace/services/etc.), key customers, market segment, competitive moat

2d. Leadership & Key People

• Query: "<company name>" CEO leadership team executives founders
• Extract: CEO, CTO, founders, notable board members, leadership changes in last 2 years

2e. Company Size & Growth

• Query: "<company name>" employees headcount growth funding valuation
• Extract: headcount, funding rounds (amounts, investors, dates), valuation if known, growth trajectory

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Phase 2f: Products & Services Deep Dive

Dig into the product/service portfolio in detail. Up to 50 req/sec, parallel OK.

2f-i. Product Catalogue

• Query: "<company name>" products features pricing tiers plans
• Extract: full list of named products/plans, what each does, who it targets, and public pricing tiers or price signals (e.g. "starts at $X/month", "custom enterprise pricing")

2f-ii. Platform & Integration Ecosystem

• Query: "<company name>" integrations API platform partners ecosystem
• Extract: key integrations (native and marketplace), API availability, developer platform features, SDK or webhook support

2f-iii. Customer Use Cases & Case Studies

• Query: "<company name>" case study customer success how customers use
• Extract: 3–5 named customer examples or verticals, the problem solved, measurable outcomes if stated

2f-iv. Recent Product Changes & Roadmap Signals

• Query: "<company name>" product launch update new feature changelog 2024 2026
• Query: "<company name>" roadmap upcoming release beta 2026
• Extract: notable launches in the last 18 months, deprecations, and any publicly telegraphed roadmap direction

2f-v. Free Tier, Trial & GTM Motion

• Query: "<company name>" free trial freemium self-serve enterprise sales
• Extract: whether there is a free/trial tier, self-serve vs. sales-led GTM, typical deal size signals if public

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Phase 3: Recent News (last ~5 years, 2021–2026)

Search year-band by year-band to avoid recency bias. Up to 50 req/sec, parallel OK.

3a. Major Announcements & Milestones

• Query: "<company name>" announcement milestone launch 2023 2024 2026
• Query: "<company name>" news 2021 2022

3b. Funding, M&A, Partnerships

• Query: "<company name>" funding acquisition merger partnership
• Extract: rounds, acqui-hires, strategic partnerships, IPO status

3c. Product / Strategy Shifts

• Query: "<company name>" pivot strategy product change rebrand

3d. Challenges & Controversies (if any)

• Query: "<company name>" layoffs lawsuit controversy regulation problem
• Report factually; skip this section entirely if nothing material surfaces

3e. Competitive Landscape

• Query: "<company name>" competitors alternatives vs market
• Extract: top 3–5 named competitors, how the company differentiates

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Phase 4: Engineering & Culture (optional — include if relevant)

Include this phase if the research context suggests hiring, partnering, or technical evaluation.

• Query: "<company name>" engineering blog tech stack open source
• Query: "<company name>" culture values glassdoor employee review
• Query: "<company name>" engineering team size remote hybrid

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Phase 5: Write Output Files

Create the directory raw/companies/<slug>/ and write the following files. Omit any file whose section has no reliable data — never fabricate content.

Never overwrite an existing raw/ file. Writing new files into raw/ is allowed, but if a target file (e.g. overview.md) already exists from a prior run, write the next free numeric sibling instead — overview-2.md, then overview-3.md, and so on. The existing file is immutable ground truth; leave it untouched. The new -N file must not repeat data already present in the prior file(s) — read the existing file first and capture only what is new, changed, or newly contradicted, cross-referencing the prior file for everything unchanged (e.g. > Unchanged since [overview.md](overview.md); this update covers …). In index.md, list both the original and any -N files so the profile stays navigable.

index.md — master summary & navigation

---
company: <Company Name>
slug: <slug>
researched: <YYYY-MM-DD>
url: <official URL if known>
---

# <Company Name>

> One-sentence description.

## Files in this profile

| File | Contents |
|------|----------|
| [overview.md](overview.md) | Mission, products, business model, size & funding |
| [products.md](products.md) | Product/service deep-dive — catalogue, pricing, integrations, use cases, roadmap |
| [leadership.md](leadership.md) | Executives, founders, board |
| [news.md](news.md) | Chronological news 2021–2026 |
| [competitive.md](competitive.md) | Competitors and differentiation |
| [culture.md](culture.md) | Engineering culture and tech stack *(if researched)* |

## Quick Summary

<3–5 bullet highlights>

overview.md — mission, products, business model, size & funding

---
company: <Company Name>
section: overview
---

# <Company Name> — Overview

## Mission & Values
- Mission statement (quoted or paraphrased with source)
- Core values (if public)

## Products & Services
- **<Product>**: brief description
- ...

## Business Model
- Revenue model: ...
- Key customer segments: ...
- Competitive moat: ...

## Size & Funding
- Founded: YYYY  HQ: <city>
- Employees: ~N *(source, date)*
- Total funding: $X  Latest round: Series X ($Y, Month YYYY)
- Key investors: ...
- Valuation / ARR: ... *(if public)*

products.md — product/service deep-dive

---
company: <Company Name>
section: products
---

# <Company Name> — Products & Services

## Product Catalogue

| Product / Plan | Description | Target Customer | Pricing |
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|---------|
| ...            | ...         | ...             | ...     |

## Platform & Integrations
- **Native integrations**: ...
- **API / SDK**: ...
- **Marketplace / ecosystem**: ...

## Customer Use Cases

| Customer / Vertical | Problem Solved | Outcome |
|---------------------|----------------|---------|
| ...                 | ...            | ...     |

## Recent Product Launches & Changes *(last 18 months)*
- **<Mon YYYY>**: <feature/launch> — [source](<url>)
- ...

## Roadmap Signals
- ...  *(publicly announced or inferred from blog/conference)*

## GTM Motion
- Free tier / trial: ...
- Self-serve vs. sales-led: ...
- Typical deal size signals: ...

leadership.md — executives, founders, board

---
company: <Company Name>
section: leadership
---

# <Company Name> — Leadership

| Name | Role | Notes |
|------|------|-------|
| ...  | CEO  | ...   |

## Recent Changes
- <Date>: <name> joined/departed as <role>

news.md — chronological news 2021–2026

---
company: <Company Name>
section: news
period: 2021–2026
---

# <Company Name> — News & Developments (2021–2026)

## 2026
- **<Mon YYYY>**: <event> — [source](<url>)

## 2024
- ...

## 2023
- ...

## 2022
- ...

## 2021
- ...

## 2021
- ...

competitive.md — competitive landscape

---
company: <Company Name>
section: competitive
---

# <Company Name> — Competitive Landscape

## Main Competitors

| Company | How they compare |
|---------|-----------------|
| ...     | ...             |

## Differentiators
- ...

## Market Position
- ...

culture.md — engineering culture & tech stack (write only if Phase 4 was researched)

---
company: <Company Name>
section: culture
---

# <Company Name> — Engineering & Culture

## Tech Stack
- ...

## Engineering Culture
- ...

## Work Style
- Remote / hybrid / in-office: ...
- Notable perks or policies: ...

## Employee Sentiment *(Glassdoor / public reviews)*
- ...

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Phase 6: Confirm & Suggest Next Steps

After writing the files, tell the user:

• Which files were written (list paths under raw/companies/<slug>/)
• Any sections skipped due to insufficient data
• Suggested follow-on actions based on context:
  • Ingest into the wiki: "Run /wiki-ingest raw/companies/<slug>/index.md to synthesize this profile into the knowledge base" — the profile is now a raw/ ground-truth source
  • Hiring prep: "Run /research-company <name> focus on engineering culture to deepen culture.md"
  • Partnership/sales: flag key decision-makers and recent strategic priorities from leadership.md and news.md
  • Competitive analysis: offer to run research on the top competitors surfaced in competitive.md

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CRITICAL Rules

1. Brave Search rate limit: 50 requests/second — parallel searches are allowed
2. Cite every claim: include source URL inline where possible
3. Flag uncertainty: if a figure (headcount, valuation) is estimated or unverified, mark it (estimated) or (unverified)
4. No hallucination: omit entire sections/files rather than inventing plausible-sounding details
5. Recency over quantity: prefer sources from the last 3 years; flag anything older than 2022 as potentially outdated
6. Use Write tool for all output files — do not print the file contents inline to the conversation
7. Never overwrite raw/ files: if a target already exists, write <name>-2.md / -3.md instead, and include only non-redundant new/changed data with a cross-reference to the prior file